Died in jail or a lockup
Name not reported
On September 28, 1916, two people held in the jail at Gordonburg, near Nashville, Tennessee, were taken from it by a mob, according to The Barre Daily Times, which reported the killing the next day. The mob dragged them through the streets to the edge of town, bound them to trees and shot them to death. The paper reports that scores of people fired rifles, revolvers and shotguns at the two.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched
Reported by: news reports.